List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations

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Many political appointees of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, resigned or were dismissed. Multiple publications have called attention to the record-setting turnover rate in the first year of the Trump Administration.[1][2][3] Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price have had the shortest service tenures in the history of their respective offices.[a]

Trump justified the instability, saying: "We have acting people. The reason they are acting is because I'm seeing how I like them, and I'm liking a lot of them very, very much. There are people who have done a bad job, and I let them go. If you call that turmoil, I don't call that turmoil. I say that is being smart. That's what we do."[4]

For comprehensiveness, the list below includes, in addition to dismissals and resignations, routine job changes such as promotions (e.g., Gina Haspel from CIA Deputy Director to Director), officials moving to a comparable position (e.g., John F. Kelly from Secretary of Homeland Security to Chief of Staff), and acting or temporary officials being replaced by permanent ones. The list does not include many lower-level positions, however, such as that of executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, Matthew Doherty, whom Trump dismissed in November 2019,[5] without a replacement to lead the council that was created in 1987. But some less prominent officials are listed because their departure was newsworthy.

Officials who resigned in the aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack, well into the then-underway presidential transition of Trump's successor Joe Biden, when their term would have ended soon anyway, are also listed on this page.

Color key[edit]

Color key:

  Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.

  Denotes appointees to an office which has since been abolished

Executive Office of the President[edit]

Office of the Vice President[edit]

Department of Agriculture[edit]

Department of Commerce[edit]

Department of Defense[edit]

Department of Education[edit]

Department of Energy[edit]

Department of Health and Human Services[edit]

Department of Homeland Security[edit]

Department of Housing and Urban Development[edit]

Department of the Interior[edit]

Department of Justice[edit]

Department of Labor[edit]

Department of State[edit]

Department of Transportation[edit]

Department of the Treasury[edit]

Department of Veterans Affairs[edit]

Office Name Took office Left office Notes

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Robert Snyder
January 20, 2017 February 14, 2017

David Shulkin
February 14, 2017 March 28, 2018 On March 28, 2018, Trump announced on Twitter that Shulkin had been fired.[6][7] Following his dismissal, controversy erupted about efforts by the White House to privatize VA healthcare[8] and Shulkin's allegedly inappropriate taxpayer-funded foreign trips.[9]

Robert Wilkie
March 28, 2018 May 29, 2018

Peter O'Rourke
May 29, 2018 July 30, 2018

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Gina Farrisee
January 20, 2017 February 25, 2017

Scott Blackburn
February 26, 2017 August 9, 2017

Thomas G. Bowman
August 10, 2017 June 15, 2018 Retired.[10]

James Byrne
September 16, 2019 February 3, 2020 [11]

General Counsel of Veterans Affairs
August 8, 2017 September 16, 2019 [11]

Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Health)
Poonam Alaigh May 2017 September 25, 2017 [12]

Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(Human Resources and Administration)

Peter Shelby
February 24, 2018 Summer 2018 Retired.

Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(Operations, Security and Preparedness)

Donald P. Loren

Intelligence community[edit]

Office Name Took office Left office Notes

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Meroe Park
January 20, 2017 January 23, 2017

Mike Pompeo
January 23, 2017 April 26, 2018 Became Secretary of State.

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Gina Haspel
February 2, 2017 May 21, 2018 Became Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Director of National Intelligence

Dan Coats
March 16, 2017 August 15, 2019 [13]

Joseph Maguire
August 16, 2019 February 21, 2020 [14]

Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
December 27, 2018 August 16, 2019

Russell Travers
December 24, 2017 December 27, 2018
August 16, 2019 March 18, 2020 [15]

Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
November 13, 2017 March 18, 2020

Director of National Intelligence

Richard Grenell
February 20, 2020 May 26, 2020 Grenell was also Ambassador to Germany.

Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

Susan M. Gordon
September 5, 2017 August 15, 2019 Gordon leaving along with Coats cleared the way for Trump to appoint Maguire as acting DNI.[b]

Andrew P. Hallman
October 30, 2019 February 21, 2020 [16]

Chief Operating Officer of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Deirdre Walsh
February 2018 May 8, 2020 [17]

General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Jason Klitenic
August 6, 2018 March 2020 [18]
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Michael Atkinson
May 17, 2018 April 2020 Fired by Trump after raising concerns from a whistleblower that led to Trump's impeachment[19]

Independent agencies[edit]

Office Name Took office Left office Notes

Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Jay Clayton
May 4, 2017 December 31, 2020 [20]

Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

J. Christopher Giancarlo
August 3, 2017 April 13, 2019

Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Richard Cordray
January 4, 2012 November 24, 2017 After President Trump was inaugurated, he and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney worked to undermine Cordray and the CFPB.[21]
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Mick Mulvaney
November 25, 2017 December 11, 2018

Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

David Silberman
January 11, 2016 November 24, 2017
Leandra English November 24, 2017 July 9, 2018

Chief of External Affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service
Carl Higbie August 2017 January 19, 2018 Resigned in January 2018 after racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments, and comments about fellow veterans with PTSD, came to light.[22][23]

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Scott Pruitt
February 17, 2017 July 9, 2018 Resignation tendered July 5, to be effective Friday, July 6, when the Deputy Administrator became Acting Administrator.[24][25]

Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Andrew R. Wheeler
April 20, 2018 February 28, 2019 Became EPA Administrator.[26]

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Air and Radiation

William Wehrum
November 20, 2017 June 30, 2019

General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency

Matthew Leopold
January 8, 2018 October 5, 2020 [27]

Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission

Mignon Clyburn
August 3, 2009 June 2018 Retired.

Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board

Philip A. Miscimarra
January 23, 2017 April 23, 2017
April 24, 2017 December 16, 2017

Member of the National Mediation Board

Linda Puchala
November 2, 2017 July 1, 2018

Director of the Office of Government Ethics

Walter Shaub
January 9, 2013 July 19, 2017 Shaub was outspoken with concerns about the Trump Administration during the transition period and after Trump's inauguration.[28][29][30][31][32] Shaub resigned six months before the end of his term, saying that ethics rules should be tighter.[33][34]

Director of the Office of Personnel Management

Jeff Tien Han Pon
March 9, 2018 October 5, 2018

Margaret Weichert
October 5, 2018 September 16, 2019
Dale Cabaniss September 16, 2019 March 17, 2020 [35]

President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Ray Washburne
September 5, 2017 March 1, 2019

Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency

Mel Watt
January 6, 2014 January 6, 2019

Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Joseph Loddo
January 20, 2017 February 14, 2017

Linda McMahon
February 14, 2017 April 12, 2019 In March 2019, the former WWE executive announced she was leaving the SBA to work for the America First Action SuperPAC.[36]

Chris Pilkerton
April 13, 2019 January 13, 2020 Pilkerton was also the General Counsel of the SBA from June 2017 to March 2020.

Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Althea Coetzee
August 3, 2017 April 15, 2018 [37]

Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission

Ann M. Ravel
October 25, 2013 March 1, 2017

Lee E. Goodman
October 22, 2013 February 16, 2018

Matthew S. Petersen
June 24, 2008 August 31, 2019

Caroline C. Hunter
June 24, 2008 July 3, 2020 [38]

United States Postmaster General

Megan Brennan
February 1, 2015 June 15, 2020 [39]

Deputy United States Postmaster General

Ronald Stroman
March 2011 June 1, 2020 [40]

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

Mark Green
August 7, 2017 April 10, 2020 [41]

Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

Bonnie Glick
January 2019 November 6, 2020 Terminated without cause by the Trump Administration hours before acting Administrator John Barsa reached the maximum amount of time allowed to serve in that position without Senate confirmation under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.[42][43][44]

Deputy White House Liaison of the United States Agency for International Development
Merritt Corrigan June 2020 August 3, 2020 Forced out after a history of anti-LGBTQ comments soon after starting in the role.[45]

NASA Associate Administrator
(Human Exploration and Operations)

William Gerstenmaier
August 12, 2005 July 10, 2019

Ken Bowersox
July 10, 2019 October 16, 2019

Douglas L. Loverro
October 16, 2019 May 19, 2020 Bowersox returned as Acting Associate Administrator.[46]

Director of the Voice of America

Amanda Bennett
March 2016 June 15, 2020 [47]

Director of Middle East Broadcasting Networks

Alberto Fernandez
July 2017 June 17, 2020 Fired by Michael Pack, the new CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media[48]

President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Jamie Fly
August 1, 2019

President of Radio Free Asia
Bay Fang November 20, 2019

Chairman of Tennessee Valley Authority

James "Skip" Thompson
May 2019 August 3, 2020 Fired after TVA announced that 200 American workers would be replaced with cheaper foreign workers. That decision was reversed on August 6.[49]

Banks[edit]

Office Name Took office Left office Notes
Governor of the African Development Bank
Geoffrey Okamoto[50]
March 2018

Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

In the aftermath of the 2021 Capitol attack[edit]

Dozens of Trump administration officeholders resigned in reaction to the Capitol storming, even though their terms in office would expire fourteen days later with the inauguration of President Biden. Some senior officials, however, decided against resigning in order to ensure an "orderly transition of power" to the incoming Biden administration, out of concern that Trump would replace them with loyalist lower-level staffers who they feared could carry out illegal orders given by him.[51]

Office Name Took office Left office Notes

United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland

Mick Mulvaney
May 1, 2020 January 6, 2021 Former White House Chief of Staff under Trump (2019-2020).[52]

Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Stephanie Grisham
April 7, 2020 January 6, 2021 [53]

White House Deputy Press Secretary

Sarah Matthews
June 2020 January 6, 2021 [54]

White House Social Secretary

Rickie Niceta
February 8, 2017 January 6, 2021 [55]

United States Secretary of Transportation

Elaine Chao
January 31, 2017 January 7, 2021 Became the first cabinet member to announce her resignation, effective on January 11;[56] was criticized by US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for resigning rather than voting to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.[57]

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Mental Health and Substance Use

Elinore F. McCance-Katz
September 11, 2017 January 7, 2021 [56]

Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

Tyler Goodspeed
June 23, 2020 January 7, 2021 [58]

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Security in the Commerce Department

John Costello
January 7, 2021 [59]

United States Secretary of Education

Betsy DeVos
February 7, 2017 January 8, 2021 Was criticized by US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for resigning rather than voting to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.[57][60]

United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division

Eric Dreiband
October 12, 2018 January 8, 2021 [61]

Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security

Chad Wolf
November 13, 2019 January 11, 2021 [62]

Senior GOP aide on the House Armed Services Committee

Jason Schmid
January 12, 2021 [63]

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

Alex Azar
January 29, 2018 January 20, 2021 [64]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Chris Liddell
March 19, 2018 January 20, 2021 [65]

Three members of the National Security Council resigned prematurely.

Office Name Took office Left office Notes

United States Principal Deputy National Security Advisor

Matthew Pottinger
September 22, 2019 January 7, 2021 [66]

Senior Director on Russian and European Affairs for the National Security Council

Ryan Tully
January 7, 2021 [67]

United States National Security Advisor

Robert C. O'Brien
September 18, 2019 January 20, 2021 [68]

Five senior officials at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) resigned in protest.

Office Name Took office Left office Notes

Chief Counsel, Acting Deputy FAA Administrator

Arjun Garg
January 7, 2021 [69]

Assistant Administrator for Communications

Brianna Manzelli
January 7, 2021 [70]

Associate Administrator for Airports

Kirk Shaffer
July 29, 2015 January 7, 2021 [71]

Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs and Environment

Bailey Edwards
January 7, 2021 [69]

Governmental Affairs Adviser, Acting Assistant Administrator for Government and Industry Affairs

Andrew Giacini
January 7, 2021 [70]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Excluding interim appointments.
  2. ^ Coats or Gordon may be the "senior national security official" who told Jake Tapper: "Everyone at this point ignores what the president says and just does their job. The American people should take some measure of confidence in that."

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